underdog
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For the first time, I ordered 25 or so pen kits from Exotic blanks. Previous to this, I've only turned a couple of pen kits, and several Walmart pens (you remember those don't you?).
But now I've decided I need to "knock out" several pens for friends and relatives who've helped me in my hour of need.
But now that I've got this pile of kits, I see just how much work it is, just to get the dang kits out of the bag!
I spent a good while last night just pulling all the tubes out of the kits and sanding them... Tonight I'm gonna round up all those nice curly, knotty, burly pieces of wood I've been scrounging from the cabinet shop and cut them into blanks before drilling and milling. While I've been working on this, I've been mulling over the best way to approach getting these done the quickest way possible.
So for those of you who mass-produce pens, here are the questions...
(Of course for you serious guys, you're probably laughing at me with my measly 25 pen kits.:redface
1) Do you use an assembly line technique, or just make 'em one at a time?
2) Do you pull all the parts out of the kits and sort 'em out first? Or do you just leave the parts in the bag until you assemble the pen?
3) What's the quickest way to get parts out of all those interminable bags? I feel like I'm fumbling, fat-fingered for far too long, when trying to take those things out of the bags...:frown:
4) What are your best quick production tips?
5) Super glue tends to clog my sinuses- What mask do I need to wear to keep from killing myself with the fumes from the finish?
I better go get busy. Those things aren't going to make themselves.
But now I've decided I need to "knock out" several pens for friends and relatives who've helped me in my hour of need.
But now that I've got this pile of kits, I see just how much work it is, just to get the dang kits out of the bag!
I spent a good while last night just pulling all the tubes out of the kits and sanding them... Tonight I'm gonna round up all those nice curly, knotty, burly pieces of wood I've been scrounging from the cabinet shop and cut them into blanks before drilling and milling. While I've been working on this, I've been mulling over the best way to approach getting these done the quickest way possible.
So for those of you who mass-produce pens, here are the questions...
(Of course for you serious guys, you're probably laughing at me with my measly 25 pen kits.:redface
1) Do you use an assembly line technique, or just make 'em one at a time?
2) Do you pull all the parts out of the kits and sort 'em out first? Or do you just leave the parts in the bag until you assemble the pen?
3) What's the quickest way to get parts out of all those interminable bags? I feel like I'm fumbling, fat-fingered for far too long, when trying to take those things out of the bags...:frown:
4) What are your best quick production tips?
5) Super glue tends to clog my sinuses- What mask do I need to wear to keep from killing myself with the fumes from the finish?
I better go get busy. Those things aren't going to make themselves.